Papers of the Labour Party's Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions, 1938-1939
folder
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- (fols. 1-5) Memorandum No. 198 by J.F.N. Green on 'West Indies Labour Party Policy', Jul 1938
- (fols. 6-19) letter from Colin Maker to Charles Roden Buxton about soil erosion and land conservation in Kenya, with a memorandum by him, as sent to the Director of Agriculture, Nairobi, two copies of each, 29 Dec 1938
- (fol. 20) minutes of a meeting of the Committee, 1 Feb 1939
- (fols. 21-22) Memorandum No. 203 by Dr Drummond Shiels on 'The Ceylon Constitution', extract from an address, Feb 1939
- (fols. 23-30) Memorandum No. 205 by Norman Leys on 'Labour's Colonial Policy', with an appendix, Feb 1939
- (fols. 31-35) Trades Union Congress publication of the Labour Trade Union of East Africa resolutions of the Second Annual Conference, Jul 1938, and replies to the resolutions by the Kenya Government; also, a memorandum to the High Commissioner of Transport on conditions of Asian artisans on Kenya and Uganda Railways, 8 Mar 1939
- (fol. 36) minutes of the Committee meeting on mandated territories, the Gold Coast Cocoa Report, and labour troubles in Jamaica, 15 Mar 1939
- (fols. 37-40) Memorandum No. 206 by Major D. Graham Pole on 'The Colony of the Island of St Helena'
- (fols. 41-43) Trades Union Congress publication of the report by G. Ballinger, Johannesburg, of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Delegation to South Africa, Mar 1939
- (fols. 44-55) Sub-Committee on the German demand for colonies and the Mandate System, Memorandum No. 207B by J. Maynard on 'International Guardianship of Backward Peoples', Apr 1939
- (fols. 56-57) Memorandum No. 503 by Charles Roden Buxton on 'Migration', May 1939
- (fols. 58-59) Memorandum No. 208A by Henry S.L. Polak on 'Poor person's appeal to the Privy Council' (see also MSS. Brit Emp s. 332/18, folder 3, fols. 115-116), May 1939
- (fol. 60) letter from Buxton to Creech Jones about a circular letter he was issuing and about the points he was not mentioning in it, 6 Jun 1939
- (fols. 61-63) note on the Colonial Office Vote by Buxton, 7 Jun 1939
- (fols. 64-70) Memorandum No. 205B by Norman Leys on 'The Labour Party's Colonial Policy', Jun 1939
- (fols. 71-75) Memorandum No. 209 by Norman Leys on 'Conditions in East Africa', Jun 1939
- (fol. 76) Memorandum No. 202B by Leonard Woolf on the 'Demands for Reform of the Ceylon Constitution', Jul 1939.
Dates
- Creation: 1938-1939
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 332/16, folder 2
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk